ScubaGadget - The Deep Background on Scuba

Scuba Schools International (SSI) today and National Geographic are sponsoring a traveling speaker series that kicks off with Nat Geo photographer Paul Niklen. Niklen grew up in a small and remote Inuit community on Baffin Island with no radio, no TV and no telephone. Here are a few of the Paul Niklen events scheduled. For [...]

The West Coast’s big SCUBA show is May 30-31. California Diving News, the promoters of the show are not humble about it either. In true P.T. Barnum style they actually trade marked the name, ”THE Diving Event of the Year!™, SCUBA Show 2009“. It does have the stats to prove it. The size of the exhibit hall is 76,000 [...]

The most common line heard used to describe of the form fitting Whites Fusion drysuit is that it looks somewhat like a Star Trek uniform. Now it is official!  The new “Roddenberry Dive Team,” founded by Rod Roddenberry, son of Gene Roddenberry and the creator of Star Trek has the adopted the enhanced Whites Fusion drysuits for [...]

Another dive show, the First Annual Bay Area Dive Show (it means San Francisco Bay) takes place on April 17th & 18th, 2009. Exhibit Hours are Friday from 5 PM til 8 PM and Saturday from 9 AM til 5 PM. A film jamboree is Friday 7:30 PM and is presented by Back Scatter. The show is [...]

We like to balance our reviews by pointing out the pros and cons. But our trip with the Manatees in Paradise charter to (free) dive with the Crystal River Manatees had absolutely no cons. Even though it’s not SCUBA diving, there is still a mask, snorkel, and fins involved. Unlike diving with every other marine [...]

The San Diego stop on the 2008 DUI DOG Rally & Demo Tour is March 15 at the National Polytechnic College of Science. Divers can try out any of the DUI drysuits, undergarments, and other products for a small fee and get a free hat. The following event is April 5-6 in Pelham, AL. See [...]